Oh yeah, great show!

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At the start of the trip I mentioned that I’d give a review about staying on the Wynn Tower side indead of the standard Wynn resort side. What I want to say is too long to go into a phone call, so I’m going to type it on the fly. Please forgive any spelling or grammatical errors on the way.

This trip was my first time staying on the Wynn Tower side having previously stayed on the Wynn Resort side and also at Four Seasons. The Wynn Towers have a reputation as having excellent service, above what you’d normally get on the resort side. It’s also marketed as ‘exclusive’ which is just short-hand for ‘expensive’.

So is there a difference in staying on the Tower side? Yes, but the differential between the Resort and the Tower is not as great as you think it should be. Once you leave your room and go into the main casino floor, everything is the same, so you have to think of it in terms of room, service, and finally the intangible ‘atmosphere’.

The room: what you’d expect. Clean. Well appointed. The rooms on the Tower side tend to be larger and more expensive, but they weren’t better than a King on the Resort side.

The service: surprisingly, the service was about what you’d get on the Resort side. Yes, there is a human concierge you can visit on the Tower side, but I didn’t notice a remarkable difference in the otherwise excellent service you already get at Wynn. Maybe I didn’t ask enough of the service and I didn’t have any particular diva like requests, but service felt the same. I was expecting perfection given the rates normally charged and it just didn’t happen. There were two incidents, one involving misleading info from a concierge, the other pertained to slowlness in getting dishes clear from my room.

The only real difference between the Tower and Resort sides of Wynn is in the atmosphere and feel. The Tower side was quieter, more intimate, and with less people hustling and bustling about. During my entire trip, I think I only ran into a single person waiting at the elevator core. All the other times I was the only one going up or down, so it felt a lot more private and secluded. I like that sort of thing, so this was a noticable difference.

Overall, I liked the feel of the Tower and its less crowded, boutique feel. Could I get this someplace else? Yes. At Four Seasons the rooms are worse and you’re at Mandalay Bay which is a consolation prize compared to Wynncore’s food and casinos. But you can still maintain the boutique feel and the excellent level of service for sometimes 1/3 less than what it would take to stay at Wynncore Resort side.

Would I stay on the Tower side again? Could I afford stay on the Tower side again? Yes, and probably not. This last trip I had 50% off of the published room rate making it within my means. For full price? Unless I win the lottery, probably not again.

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Dan

If Harrahs screws with Earl of Sandwich, heads will roll.

peace.